Lovisa Sumpter

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I'm a professor in mathematics education with a background as upper secondary school teacher in mathematics and social sciences. 

My research interests are collective mathematical reasoning and how different mathematical arguments are constructed and used in reasoning. Other areas where I have done research are affect, in particular emotions and motivation, and gender. 

I am on the editorial board for Educational Studies in Mathematics and International Journal of Science and mathematics Education. I am on the board for the graduate school ASSESS located at Gothenburg university, Stockholm University and Uppsala Universiy. At the present moment, I am the PI for the research project Fair share (skolfi.se, presentation in Swedish).
 

Publications

Some of  my recent publications are:

Sumpter, L. (2022). “The question is not why I don’t work in a maths department; the question is why should I?” Women mathematicians’ experiences of power relations and gender symbols during their PhD.Education Inquiry. Doi: 10.1080/20004508.2022.2047445

Eriksson, H. & Sumpter, L. (2021). Algebraic and fractional thinking in collective mathematical reasoning. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 108, 473-491. doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10044-1

Sumpter, L. & Sumpter, D.J.T.  (2021). Understanding gender differences in participation in PhD studies. SN Social Sciences. 1 (4) 90 (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00098-6

Landtblom, K. & Sumpter, L. (2021). Teachers and prospective teachers’ conceptions about averages.  Journal of Adult Learning, Knowing and Innovation. 4(1), 1-8. DOI: 10.1556/2059.03.2019.02 

Sumpter, L. (2020). Preschool educators’ emotional directions towards mathematics. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18, 1169-1184. doi.org/10.1007/s10763-019-10015-2

Nyman, M. & Sumpter, L. (2019). The issue of ‘proudliness’: Grade 2 and Grade 5 students’ motivation towards mathematics. LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 7(2), 80-96. https://doi.org/10.31129/ LUMAT.7.2.331 

Fahlström, M. & Sumpter, L. (2018). The role of the physical environment in mathematics education. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 23(1), 29-46.

Sumpter, L. & Hedefalk, M. (2018). Teachers’ roles in preschool children’s collective mathematical reasoning. European Journal of STEM Education, 3(3), 16.  https://doi.org/10.20897/ejsteme/3876 <https://doi.org/10.20897/ejsteme/3876> 

Jäder, J. Sidenvall, J. & Sumpter, L. (2017). Students’ mathematical reasoning and beliefs in non-routine task solving. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 15(4), 759-776. DOI 10.1007/s10763-016-9712-3 

Tsvetkova, M., Nilsson, O.,  Ohman, C.,  Sumpter, L. & Sumpter, D. (2016). An experimental study of segregation mechanism. EPJ Data Science, 5(4),1-10. DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-016-0065-5

Sumpter, L., (2016). “Boys press all the buttons and hope it will help”: Upper secondary school teachers’ gendered conceptions about students’ mathematical reasoning International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14 (8), 1535-1552.  DOI: 10.1007/s10763-016-9712-3 1-18.

Sumpter, L., (2016). Investigating upper secondary school teachers’ conceptions: Is mathematical reasoning gendered? International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 14 (Suppl 2), 347-362. DOI 10.1007/s10763-015-9634-5 

Sumpter, L. & Hedefalk, M. (2015). Preschool children’s collective mathematical reasoning during free outdoor play. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 39, 1-10. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2015.03.006

Peer- reviewed book chapters

Christiansen, I., de Ron, A., …, & Sumpter, L.  (2021).  The Crosscurrents of Swedish Mathematics Teacher Education, In (Eds.) D. R. Thompson, C. Suurtamm & M. A. Huntley (Eds.) International Perspectives on Mathematics Teacher Education (pp.9-48). IAP.

Hestner, Å., & Sumpter, L. (2018). Beliefs and Values in Upper Secondary School Students’ Mathematical Reasoning. In Views and Beliefs in Mathematics Education (pp. 79-87). Springer, Cham.

Sumpter, L. (2018). Grade 9 Students’ Reasoning About Division of Fractions: What Are their Arguments Anchored in? In H. Palmér & J. Skott (Eds.) Students' and Teachers' Values, Attitudes, Feelings and Beliefs in Mathematics Classrooms: Selected Papers from the 22nd MAVI Conference, (pp. 135-144). Springer.

Sumpter, L. (2017). What is perfectionism in mathematical task solving?. In Chiara Andrà, Domenico Brunetto, Esther Levenson, Peter Liljedahl (Eds). Teaching and Learning in Maths Classrooms: Emerging Themes in Affect-related Research: Teachers' Beliefs, Students' Engagement and Social Interaction . Springer, 243-252 p.

Sumpter, L. (2016). Two frameworks for mathematical reasoning at preschool level. In T. Meaney, O. Helenius, M.L. Johansson, T. Lange & A. Wernberg (Eds.) Mathematics Education in the Early Years: Results from the POEM2 Conference, 2014, (pp. 157-169). Springer.

Sumpter, L. (2015). Taking a European perspective. Part of G. Leder “Gender and Mathematics Education Revisited”. In S.J. Cho (Ed.) The proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematics Education (pp. 161-165). Springer. 

Sumpter, L. (2015). Preschool teachers’ conceptions about mathematics. In C. Bernack-Schüler, R. Erens, T. Leuders,:  & A. Eichler (Eds.) Views and Beliefs in Mathematics Education: Results of the 19th MAVI Conference, (pp. 55-66). Springer.

Editor

Bergqvist, E., Österholm, M., Granberg, C., & Sumpter, L. (Eds.). (2018). Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1-5). Umeå, Sweden: PME. 

L. Sumpter (Ed.). (2015). Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX: Proceedings of the MAVI-20 Conference September 29 – October 1, 2014, Falun, Sweden, Umeå: Print och Media

Peer- reviewed conference papers

Sumpter, L., Frid, S., & Nortvedt, G. (2022). Lower secondary school students’ gendered conceptions about mathematics and related careers, Paper presented at MADIF12

Sumpter, L., Tsvetkova, M., & Sumpter, D. (2022). Upper secondary school student’s gendered self-evaluation in mathematics. Paper presented at CERME 12. 

Frid, S., Sumpter, L. & Nortvedt, G. (2021). Who is best in mathematics? In Inprasitha, M., Changsri, N., & Boonsena, N. (Eds). Proceedings of the 44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol.2, pp 233-240).  Khon Kaen, Thailand: PME. 

Sumpter, L., Tsvetkova, M., & Sumpter, D. (2019). Understanding Segregation: Upper Secondary School Student’s Work with the Schelling Model. In Jayasree Subramanian (Ed.)  Mathematics Education and Society, Hyderabad, India, 28th January-2nd February, 2019. ISSN: 2077-9933 

Andrée, M., Arvola-Orlander, A., Berge, M., Caiman, C., Danielsson, A., Grande, V., ... & Johansson, A. (2019). Social justice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education: Establishing a platform for conversation. In NERA.

Sumpter, L. (2018). Arguments in mathematical reasoning. Plenary talk. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference of the Korean Society of Mathematics Education: The Professional Development of All Teachers of Mathematics (pp. 80-86). Seoul National University of Education

Sumpter, L. (2018). “Look at Finland”. Plenary panel talk. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference of the Korean Society of Mathematics Education: The Professional Development of All Teachers of Mathematics (pp. 73-79). Seoul National University of Education

Eriksson, H., & Sumpter, L. (2017). Fractions and algebraic reasoning. In The Eighth Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education, NORMA 17, Stockholm, Sweden, 30 May–2 June, 2017.

Hedefalk, M. & Sumpter, L. (2017). Studying preschool children’s reasoning through epistemological move analysis. In: Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education / [ed] Kaur, B., Ho, W.K., Toh, T.L., & Choy, B.H., Singapore, 2017, Vol. 3, 1-8 p.

Nortvedt, G. & Sumpter, L. (2017). Are we playing Chinese whispers? Issues in questionnaire development. In: Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education / [ed] Kaur, B., Ho, W.K., Toh, T.L., & Choy, B.H., Singapore, 2017, Vol. 3, 305-312 p.

Sumpter, L. & Sumpter, D. (2016). How long will it take to have a 60/40 balance in mathematics PhD education in Sweden? In Csíkos, C., Rausch, A., & Szitányi, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Vol. 4, pp 251-258). Szeged, Hungary: PME. 

Tsvetkova, M.,  Sumpter, D. & Sumpter, L., (2015). Experimental evidence for the Schelling segregation model. Paper presented at International Conference on Computational Social Science, Helsinki, Finland.

Sidenvall, J., Jäder, J. & Sumpter, L. (2015). Mathematical reasoning and beliefs in non-routine task solving. In L. Sumpter (Ed.) Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX (pp.115-125). Umeå: Umeå Print och Media.

Teledahl, A. & Sumpter, L. (2015). What is noticed in students’ mathematical texts? In L. Sumpter (Ed.) Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX (pp.173-180). Umeå: Umeå Print och Media.

Other conference papers

Sumpter, L. (2015).  "...and they lived happily ever after". In L. Sumpter (Ed.) Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX (pp.115-125). Umeå: Umeå Print och Media.

Popular science 

Sumpter, L. & Palmér, H. (2021) Inställning till matematik och problemlösning, Skolverket, https://larportalen.skolverket.se 

Ståhlberg, P. & Sumpter, L. (2016). Talutrymme och genus [Talking space and gender] Nämnaren : tidskrift för matematikundervisning, ISSN 0348-2723, no 4, 34-36 p.

Sumpter, L. (2015). Varför finns det så då kvinnliga professorer i matematik? [Why so few female professors in mathematics?] Vägval i skolans historia, ISSN 2002-0147, no 3

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  • Sumpter, Lovisa; Frid, Staffan & Nortvedt, Guri Anne (2022). Lower secondary school students’ gendered conceptions about mathematics and related careers.
  • Sumpter, Lovisa; Hedefalk, Maria & Eriksson, Helena (2022). Preschool children’s collective mathematical reasoning about sharing.
  • Sumpter, Lovisa; Sumpter, David & Tsvetkova, Milena (2022). Upper secondary school students' gendered self-evaluation in mathematics.

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